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📍 Amarillo⬆ 3,649 ft2 runways
KTDW · TDW

Tradewind Airport

35.16990°N
-101.82600°W
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Tradewind Airport (KTDW/TDW) is a small general aviation airport located in Amarillo, TX. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,099 feet.

Current weather

From KAMA, 8 mi away (KTDW does not publish METAR)

51m ago
Temp
81°F
Wind
13 kts
210°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KAMA 121753Z 21013KT 10SM CLR 27/17 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP102 T02720167 10272 20178 58007

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

17
59% of ops
268 land · 308 TO
35
29% of ops
130 land · 121 TO
23
9% of ops
40 land · 11 TO
05
3% of ops
14 land · 2 TO
Runway 17 carries 59% of operations (268 landings, 308 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 35 at 29%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

17 268 landings
UA 18%
35 130 landings
UA 17%
23 40 landings
UA 12%
05 14 landings
UA 7%
Approaches to 17 show a 18% unstable-approach rate (47 UA events from 268 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
25.8
flights/day · 773 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 2pm · 7pm
Day vs night
65%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–7pm local, averaging 25.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.8× weekday (38.9 vs 22.0 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (13% of 550 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
APCH 119.500 —
APCH 121.150 —
APCH 307.000 —
APCH 307.900 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
AWOS 118.475 —
CD/P 125.400 —
OTHER 125.400 —
AMARILLO 127.850 —
OTHER 127.850 —
AMARILLO 285.475 —
OTHER 285.475 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAB
Mag var:
8° E
Fuel:
100LL, A1+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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